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__ Website: __ Truth-It! __ Title: __ //There Are Many Genocides Going On In the World// __ Date: __ Copyrighted 2010 This article was talking about 4 countries that genocide is still going into affect today. In Uganda, the fighting going on is caused be the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). To put it into short terms, it’s a large rebellion aimed at the Uganda government, and has become Africa’s biggest and longest conflicts. The LRA has massacred all the political, ethic, and religious differences in Uganda. The next country fallen victim to genocide is Nigeria. The fighting here has been caused by the Nigerian army, ethnic mobs and the Nigerian police. Once again, these problems have been caused by political, ethic and religious differences. Botswana is another country suffering from mass murder and fighting. The fighting here has continued since the 1990s and is involving the government and police. The last country mentioned in the article was Bissau and the fighting here has been going on since the 1960s. It is between the people and their government, mainly caused by the political differences. In conclusion, these are only a few of the on-going genocides continuing in the world today. __ Response:  __ As it said in the article, these genocides continue around us and most of the world has no idea. Such things are not discussed in daily news and we are doing nothing to stop or help these people. The United Nations policy says political differences within ones country are not our responsibility to take care of, however, when mass murders of a people and nations are being destroyed, I think action needs to be taken.

​ ​You are right when you say that we as a nation do nothing to help stop these genocides, but i think one of the main reasons we do not get involved is fear of getting too involved. If we start worrying about every country's conflicts we won't have time to fix our nation's conflicts. Many people think of helping other countries as unnecissary or a "Lost Cause," and sometimes that is true, but we should do something to help. Right now with the events in Haiti, people aren't going to think about how they can help a country they've never heard of, but instead help an allied country devistated by natural causes. I do think though that someone should do something to help these countries but maybe a country with more diplomatic and political influence on that country. -Ridge

Dylan E.- I completely agree. Actions do need to be done about these types of things. There are kids overseas that are being taken from homes and turned into soldier that are addicted to drugs. I understand that things are being done about it but they aren't getting done fast enough.


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